CCI officials accused him of misappropriation of funds during his tenure at the helm of the 74-year-old club, a charge which the veteran administrator vehemently denied.
The Indian team members arrived to a cheerful welcome in Mumbai early on Monday morning from their Pakistan tour.
The Indian team manager spoke highly of Sourav Ganguly and said his experience would help the team in Pakistan.
'I have been the president for 14 times and I am going to contest the elections again and I am confident I will be elected unaninmously for the 15th straight year,' the veteran administrator said.
The former BCCI chief said the Indian skipper lacks the stature legendary coach Greg Chappell enjoys.
Former BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur claimed that political bigwig Sharad Pawar would stand for the president's post in the upcoming elections.
Raj Singh Dungarpur has decided to end his 12-year reign at the Cricket Club of India.
The former BCCI president says more than a coach, the team needs someone who can walk up to the players and talk to them.
The Indian team manager in Pakistan labelled the deposed captain as the laziest member of the team.
The former BCCI president was also the manager of the Indian team on its tour to Pakistan in 1984.
Instead, the former India coach was all praise for deposed captain Sourav Ganguly.
The former BCCI chief wants the newly-elected BCCI chief to represent the Board at the ICC meetings.
The world famous Rolling Stones' star singer Mick Jagger was conferred honorary life membership of CCI.
The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association will felicitate former India cricketer Mushtaq Ali on his 90th birthday.
Former BCCI chief and CCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur is hoping to bring international cricket back to the historic venue.
"I don't know why such a hue and cry is being made over the matter," said former BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur.
Mumbai-based Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, found these items recently amid a dump of newspapers and magazines at the scrap shop in Juhu and now plans to preserve and exhibit "the archives".
The Cricket Club of India will present it to Indian cricketers who have scored a century or taken five or more wickets in an innings at the ground.
The World Cup belonged to Yashpal as much as it belonged to Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath or Roger Binny, whose performances are often highlighted.
Sunil Valson was the only squad member not to play a game in India's historic World Cup triumph in 1983 but a strong sense of belonging is definitely there.
'I feel if we were allowed to play that match today, the players will approach that game differently.'
The Board of Control for Cricket in India awarded the title sponsorship for all international series and the domestic tournaments in India for the year 2013-14 to Star Private Ltd. and ESPN at the base price of Rs two crore per fixture, considerably low compared to their previous deal with Airtel on Thursday.
P K Nair dedicated his life to restoring and archiving films.
The 41-year-old Thakur replaced Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the ICC chairman's job. The Maharashtra Cricket Association chief and business magnate Shirke expectedly filled in the Secretary's post which was left vacant by Thakur's resignation on Saturday.
The 13th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival honoured several women documentary filmmakers recently.
National chairman of selectors MSK Prasad on Tuesday said that he doesn't believe "you know more when you have played more", hitting back at his detractors for constantly demeaning his panel owing to its modest international record.
What does Rahul Dravid need to do to be able to join NCA without carrying the blemish of perceived or potential 'conflict of interest'? Sudhir Bisht attempts an answer.
Despite just one bid and the sponsorship rights going for its base price, the Board of Control for Cricket in India expressed satisfaction with its deal with Star India Pvt Ltd and ESPN for all 13 home international fixtures till March 2014.
'When I entered the Indian team's dressing room, I discovered that there was a divide in the team, like a wall in between two groups of players, there were two teams within one.' 'It was all about individual glory and if the team won in the process great!' 'My entire Test career was about me wishing that my Indian team was more like the Pakistan team.'
'What is true khadoos? Stubborn? Dogged? Unyielding? Relentless? Or something in between that? Or all of it together?' 'Just like you can't translate it, you can't teach a kid to be khadoos either. You can only inculcate that attitude in him by sharing stories of all the khadoos-ness of past stalwarts.' 'For instance, the story of Sunil Gavaskar batting left handed to counter the left-arm spin of Raghuram Bhat and salvaging a draw in the 1981-1982 Ranji Trophy semi-finals...' Rahul Dravid on Cricket's Great Oral Tradition.
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